Recent content by elp

Bert, Unfortunately, I am not there yet. My insulation is sitting the packing on my garage floor. I wanted a solid direction on my heating solution before proceeding further with my build. My thought was the heating solution (tubes/unit heater/mini splits) will influence any additional...

Mike, how many BTUs is your tube heater?

I truly appreciate everyone's input. I should have posted sooner. I guess this may turn into a tube heater layout thread after all. The attached diagram is how I plan to utilize my garage. One of the main drivers for wanting tube heater is the reduced BTU demand. I need to stay within my...

I think a single heater would create a hot spot on the back halfof the garage. Unfortunately, this is the area I spend the most time in. The option of 2 unit smaller units came from a tube heater manufacturer as to not over heat the back half of garage The projection lines you are referring to...

Hello Folks, I am considering using 2 SunStar SIR-35 (2-stage 35K btu) tube heaters for my garage heat. I wanted to get the opinion from those who have or are running tube heaters in their buildings. My question is not about clearances to combustibles or sizing. But distance to vehicles...

Another option is to use a door sensor relay to control the operation of the RTH. Then your heater can only run if the doors are closed.

Long time lurker here. Where are you located? I am also in the planning stage for a tube heater placement/venting. I had the exact same 2 stage 100K/65K recommendation from a local distributor here in Denver for a 40x40x13 with R38/R19. I was skeptical that this was too large even considering...